Games preordering

[richiesimms]

I know this subject could be potential minefeild with the forum rules against competitors websites . After using a certain jersey games company for a number of yrs for all my preorders , they have become rather rubbish at getting games out to on me release day .
The question is , who is the best for price and delivery ?

As i am not interested in anything else but pc games , i hope we can do this without breaking the forum rules.

 

[richiesimms]

There's only one guaranteed way to get games on release day, and that's to go to the shops yourself.

Never order anything online that you need on a time constraint, most of the time it's fine but sod's law comes into play when it's urgent.

The problem with going to the shops is , unless you live in the city the smaller towns shops are rubbish for pc games . The shops that may stock the games sell out really quickly and if you work , you are always last to get there.

Preordering works great for me . Sometimes you get the games a couple of days early which is great .

I dont mind digital downloads but they are never cheaper than the boxed copy from a discount etailer.

 

[richiesimms]

I really do like Steam as a hassle free way of downloading games , but 3rd party games seem to suffer for patch support.
Ask anyone who owns cod waw , steam patches are weeks late sometimes.
Not good if your mates have patched for the new content , maps etc and your left waiting not being able to play .
Also sometimes steam has bad download speeds when everyone wants to download at the same time.
I really like steam but it suffers from its own popularity.